Ubuntu 13.04 has been released, with the Linux 3.8.8 kernel, a faster and less resource hungry Unity desktop, LibreOffice 4.0, and much more. Ubuntu users will know where to get it, and you're looking for a new installation, have fun. Also fun: UbuntuKylin.

Yeah, I have a grudge cause I lost a day worth of work to the lack of care from their part.

What, it somehow screwed around with your vmware images causing a days worth of changes to the images to be lost? A likely story....
More likely is that vmware or, even more likely, you yourself screwed up.